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WALBECK, or Walpke, a town of Prussian Saxony, 
on the Aller; 28 miles north of Halberstadt. 
WALBERSWICK, or Walderswick, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, about 2 miles west-by-south of Southwold. 
WALBERTON, a parish of England, in the county of 
Sussex; 3 miles west-south-west of Arundel. Population 
612. 
WALBOTTLE, a township of England, in Northumber¬ 
land ; 5 miles from Newcastle. Population 591. 
WALBURN, a township of England, in the North Ri¬ 
ding of Yorkshire; 5 miles south-by-west of Richmond. 
WALBY, a hamlet of England, in Cumberland; 4 miles 
north-east-by-east of Carlisle. 
WALCHENSEE, or Wallersee, a small lake of the 
Austrian states; 4 miles north of Salfzburg. 
WALCHEREN, or Walchern, an island of the Nether¬ 
lands, in the province of Zealand, situated in the German 
ocean, at the mouth of the Scheldt, and separated from the 
islands of Beveland by a narrow channel called the Sloe. If 
not the largest, it is the most populous and best cultivated of 
the different islands composing the province of Zealand. It 
is of an oblong form; its length from north-west to south¬ 
east is about 12 miles; its breadth from north-east to south¬ 
west, 8 miles. It lies low, and would be subject to inunda¬ 
tions from the sea, were it not protected by strong dykes. 
The dyke of West Cappel, in particular, is of great size and 
strength. This island contains the three towns of Middle- 
burg, the capital, Flushing, and Veere. The villages are 
numerous: the peasantry, if not affluent, are in general ex¬ 
empt from poverty. Unfortunately this well cultivated spot 
is not healthy; agues and bilious complaints prevail in 
spring and autumn, in consequence probably of the quan¬ 
tity of fresh water in the canals or water-courses with which 
the island is intersected. Hence the general sickness preva¬ 
lent among the British troops during their occupation of it 
in 1809. 
WALCOT, a hamlet of England, Leicestershire; 2 miles 
east-by-south of Lutterworth.—2. A parish of England, in 
Lincolnshire; 2 miles north-west of Folkingham.—3. A pa¬ 
rish of England, in Norfolk; 5 miles east-by-north of North 
Walsham.—4. A hamlet of England, in the parish of Bar- 
nack, Northamptonshire.—5. A parish of England, Somer¬ 
setshire, adjoining to Bath. Population 20,560.—6. A ham¬ 
let of England, in Worcestershire; 2 miles north-east of 
Pershore. 
WALCOTE, a township of England, in Lincolnshire; 
6| miles north-east-by-north of Sleaford. Population 376. 
—2. A hamlet of England, in the parish of Diss, county of 
Norfolk.—3. A hamlet, of England, in Warwickshire; 2 
miles south-south-east of Dunchurch. 
WALCOTT, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 5f 
miles south-south-east of Chipping Norton.—Also, a town¬ 
ship of England, in the county of Salop; 4 miles west-by¬ 
north of Wellington. 
WALCOURT, a walled town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of Namur, on the river Heure; 12 miles south of 
Charleroi. 
WALD, a village in the north of Switzerland; 19 miles 
south-east of Zurich. 
WALD, a town of Prussian Westphalia, in the duchy of 
Berg; 9 miles east-south-east of Dusseldorf. It has 3100 
inhabitants. 
WALDAU, a village of the Prussian states, in Upper Lu- 
satia. Population 1700. 
WALDBURG, a county of Germany, in Wirtemberg, 
lying between the Iller and the Danube. It consists of se¬ 
veral lordships, and contains in all 285 square miles, with 
27,000 inhabitants. 
WALDBY, a township of England,-East Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 4 miles east-by-south of South Cavp. 
WALD-DORF, a village of the west of Germany, in 
Baden; 8 miles south-by-west of Heidelberg. Population 
1600. 
WALDEBA, a village of Abyssinia; 5 miles south-west 
of Sire. 
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WALDECK, Principality of, a district in the west 
of Germany, consisting of two counties, Waldeck and Pyr- 
mont. The area of this little state is computed at 455 square 
miles; the population at nearly 50,000; the annual revenue 
at little more than 40,000/. sterling. 
WALDECK, County of, forming the chief part of the 
preceding principality, has an area of 424 square milts, and 
about 40,000 inhabitants. 
WALDECK, a town of Germany, in the county of Wal¬ 
deck ; 20 miles west-by-south of Cassel. Population 900. 
Lat. 51. 12. 43. N. long. 9. 1. 31. E. 
WALDEGRAVE’S ISLANDS, two small rocky islands, 
lying off the southern coast of New Holland. Lat. of the 
largest, 33. 35J. S. long. 134. 44. E. 
WALDEN, a post township of the United States, in Ca¬ 
ledonia county, Vermont; 22 miles north-east of Montpe¬ 
lier. Population 455. 
WALDEN, a township of England, in the North Riding 
of Yorkshire; 10 miles west-south-west of Middleham. 
WALDEN, King’s, a parish of England, in Hertford- 
shire; 4 miles south-south-west of Hitchin. 
WALDEN, St. Paul’s, another parish in the above 
county; 5 miles north-north-west of Hitchin. 
WALDEN, Stubbs, a hamlet of England, West Riding 
•of Yorkshire; 7 j miles south-east-by-east of Pontefract. 
WALDENBACH, a village of Germany, in Bavaria, in 
the Upper Palatinate, on the Regen. 
WALDENBUCK, a town of Germany, in Wirtemberg; 
10 miles south-by-west of Stutgard. Population 1500. 
WALDENBURG, a town of Germany, in Wirtemberg, 
principality of Hohenlohe; 7 miles north-west of Hall. Po¬ 
pulation 1100. 
WALDENBURG, a town of Germany, in Saxony; 49 
miles west-south-west of Dresden. It contains 3000 inhabi¬ 
tants, and is divided by the river into the New and Old 
town. 
WALDENBURG, a town of Prussian Silesia; 10 miles 
west-south-west of Schweidnitz. Population 1700. 
WALDENBURG, a town of Switzerland, in the canton 
of Basle ; 15 miles north-east of Soleure. 
WALDENRATH, a town of Prussian Westphalia, in the 
duchy of Juliers. Population 1600. 
WALSDENBERG, a village of Germany, in Hesse-Cas- 
sel, and the county of Isenburg, built by Protestant refugees 
from Piedmont, towards the close of the 17th century. 
WALDENSES, Vallf.ys of, or the Four Valleys, 
a district of Piedmont, bordering on France, and now com¬ 
prised in the province of Piedmont. It formerly consisted 
of the four valleys of Perusa, Lucerna, St. Martino, and 
Angrogna; but the last is no longer considered as belonging 
to the Waldenses. The length of the whole is about 24 
miles; the breadth from 8 to 11. The population about 
20,000. The inhabitants of this sequestered spot are re¬ 
markable as having been the first community in the west of 
Europe that separated from the church of Rome. 
WALDERSHARE, a parish of England, in the county 
of Kent; 4 miles north-by-west of Dover. 
WALDERSHOF, a town of Germany, in Bavaria; 62 
miles north of Ratisbon. Population 1000. 
WALDHAUSEN, a small town of Upper Austria; 4 
miles east-south-east of Zwetl. 
WALDHEIM, a town of Germany, in Saxony, on the 
river Zschopau ; 30 miles west of Dresden. Population 1800. 
WALDHUTTE, a village of Germany, in Lower Austria, 
near Burkersdorf. Population 1200. 
WALD-HWOZD, a very mountainous district of Bohe¬ 
mia, in the circle of Prachin, on the confines of the Upper 
Palatinate, 
WALDINGFIELD, Great, a parish of England, in the 
county of Suffolk; 3 miles north-east-by-east of Sudbury. 
Population 577. 
WALDINGFIELD, Little, another parish in the above 
county; 4| miles north-east of Sudbury. Population 347. 
WALDITCH, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire; about 
2 miles east-by-south of Bridport. 
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